High School Annual Courses

High School 1, Annual

This thirty-two week class lays essential foundations for solid high school writing. Lessons provide an overview of basic principles that apply to writing projects of any kind. It focuses on the steps of the writing process and universal characteristics of good writing. We recommend all high school students new to WriteAtHome® begin with this course, regardless of age or grade level.

Course Objectives

Students who complete the course will be able to…

write for a variety of purposes, including narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive.

respond to feedback on their writing through revising and proofreading.

Sample Lessons (coming soon)

Sample Assignments (coming soon)

High School 2, Annual

This thirty-two week class includes a timed essay, a research paper and the content of WriteAtHome’s Essay 1 Workshop. The class is ideal for the college-bound student. The first semester includes a variety of writing assignments that cover all four major modes of writing: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. The second semester of the course focuses on the two kinds of writing that are most important at the college level: research papers and formal, persuasive essays.

Course Objectives

Students who complete the course will be able to…

write for a variety of purposes, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.

craft a formal research paper, including establishing a thesis, finding and evaluating sources, note-taking, outlining, drafting, and revising.

properly cite sources according to MLA standards.

defend an opinion using structured, rational argumentation.

engage the writing process by employing the following five steps in composing every paper: prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing.

demonstrate comprehension of basic mechanics rules in their writing.

demonstrate proficiency at writing under time constraints.

improve their writing across a wide range of broad evaluative areas, including content, style and form.

Sample Lessons (coming soon)

Sample Assignments(coming soon)

High School 3, Annual

This thirty-two week class includes a timed essay, a research paper and the content of WriteAtHome’s Essay 2 Workshop. The class is ideal for the college-bound student. The first semester includes a variety of writing assignments that cover all four major modes of writing: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. The second semester of the course focuses on the two kinds of writing that are most important at the college level: research papers and formal, persuasive essays.

Course Objectives

Students who complete the course will be able to…

write for a variety of purposes, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.

craft a formal research paper, including establishing a thesis, finding and evaluating sources, note-taking, outlining, drafting, and revising.

properly cite sources according to MLA standards.

defend an opinion using structured, rational argumentation.

engage the writing process by employing the following five steps in composing every paper: prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing.

demonstrate comprehension of basic mechanics rules in their writing.

demonstrate proficiency at writing under time constraints.

improve their writing across a wide range of broad evaluative areas, including content, style and form.

Sample Lessons (coming soon)

Sample Assignments (coming soon)

High School 4, Annual

This thirty-two week class includes a timed essay, a research paper and the content of WriteAtHome’s Literary Analysis Workshop. The class is ideal for the collegebound student. The first semester includes a variety of writing assignments that cover all four major modes of writing: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. The second semester of the course focuses on the two kinds of writing that are most important at the college level: research papers and formal literary essays.

Course Objectives

Students who complete the course will be able to…

write for a variety of purposes, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.

craft a formal research paper, including establishing a thesis, finding and evaluating sources, note-taking, outlining, drafting, and revising.

properly cite sources according to MLA standards.

defend an opinion using structured, rational argumentation.

analyze a work of literature and communicate an opinion in a formal literary essay.

engage the writing process by employing the following five steps in composing every paper: prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing.

demonstrate comprehension of basic mechanics rules in their writing.

demonstrate proficiency at writing under time constraints.

improve their writing across a wide range of broad evaluative areas, including content, style and form.

Middle School Annual Courses

Middle School 1, Annual

This thirty-two week class gives middle school students an opportunity to write across the spectrum of forms and purposes while introducing them to basic concepts in sound writing skills. The course begins with an 8-week review of sentence and paragraph writing before introducing students to the kind of multi-paragraph, multi-draft assignments that characterize most of our courses. This is both to give students confidence and to avoid alienating students who would be in need of a refresher. The course is designed with the average 5th or 6th grader in mind, but is also appropriate for older students in need of a review of writing fundamentals.

Course Objectives

Students who complete the course will be able to…

compose complete sentences.

create logically organized paragraphs.

write for a variety of purposes, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.

respond to coach feedback on their writing through revising and proofreading.

demonstrate a grasp of basic writing concepts such as unity, conciseness, and clarity.

engage the writing process by employing the following five steps in composing every paper: prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing.

demonstrate comprehension of basic usage and mechanics rules in their writing.

demonstrate proficiency at writing under time constraints.

improve their writing across a wide range of broad evaluative areas, including content, style and form.

Middle School 2, Annual

This thirty-two week class gives middle school students an opportunity to write across the spectrum of forms and purposes while reviewing some basic grammar and usage issues related to writing. This is not intended to be a comprehensive grammar course, but focuses on basic terminology and concepts that will help them avoid problems common in young writers. The course begins with a quick 2-week review of sentence and paragraph writing before introducing students to the kind of multi-paragraph, multi-draft assignments that characterize most of our courses.

Course Objectives

Students who complete the course will be able to…

write for a variety of purposes, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.

respond to coach feedback on their writing through revising and proofreading.

understand basic grammar and usage terms that are important and applicable to writers.

demonstrate the proper usage of verbs, pronouns, and modifiers.

engage the writing process by employing the following five steps in composing every paper: prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing.

demonstrate comprehension of basic mechanics rules in their writing.

demonstrate proficiency at writing under time constraints.

improve their writing across a wide range of broad evaluative areas, including content, style and form.

Middle School 3, Annual

This thirty-two week class gives middle school students an opportunity to write across the spectrum of forms and purposes while introducing them to basic concepts in sound writing skills and reviewing conventions such as punctuation and capitalization. After a quick review of paragraph composition, students will be asked to write multi-paragraph, multi-draft papers of a variety of purposes. The lesson content of this course is varied, covering topics like the writing process, connotation, wordiness, and clichés before ending with a series of lessons on writing mechanics. The course is designed with the average 8th-grader in mind, but is also appropriate for advanced younger students.

Course Objectives

Students who complete the course will be able to…

write for a variety of purposes, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.

respond to coach feedback on their writing through revising and proofreading.

avoid common writing errors, including over-reliance on the passive voice, clichés, wordiness, and double negatives.